§ § 3302Application for absentee ballots

(a) General rule.--Notwithstanding the provisions of Part
IV (relating to voter registration) or the act of June 3, 1937
(P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code,
the following persons may make application for an absentee
ballot by sending a letter or other signed document to the
county board of elections in the county in which the person's
voting address is located:
       (1) A registered elector who is unable to attend the
   polling place on the day of any primary or election because
   of illness or physical disability.
       (2) A registered elector who expects to be absent from
   this Commonwealth or the municipality of residence because
   duties, occupation or business require the elector to be
   elsewhere the day of any primary or election.
       (3) A county employee who cannot vote due to duties
   relating to the conduct of elections.
       (4) A person who will not attend a polling place because
   of an observance of a religious holiday.
   (b) Contents of letter or document.--The letter or document
under subsection (a) shall provide the same information as is
provided on forms prescribed by the secretary.
   (c) Review and processing.--The letter or document shall
be subject to the same schedule as other applications for
absentee ballots and upon receipt by the county board of
elections shall be reviewed and processed in the same fashion
as other applications for absentee ballots.
   (d) Application prepared by political party.--An absentee
ballot application form containing the same information as that
contained on the form prescribed by the secretary, which was
prepared or distributed by a political party and signed by a
registered elector, shall be deemed for all purposes as valid
and shall be reviewed and processed by the county board of
elections in the same manner as applications on forms prescribed
by the secretary and supplied by the county board of elections.
   Special Provisions in Appendix. See section 6 of Act 3 of
2002 in the appendix to this title for special provisions
relating to continuation of Pennsylvania Voter Registration
Act.

                          CHAPTER 35
             UNIFORM MILITARY AND OVERSEAS VOTERS
Sec.
3501.   Short title of chapter.
3502.   Definitions.
3503.   Duties and responsibilities of secretary.

3504.   (Reserved).
3505.   Registering to vote.
3506.   Methods of applying for military-overseas ballot.
3507.   Timeliness and scope of ballot application.
3508.   Transmission of unvoted ballots.
3509.   Timely casting of ballot.
3510.   Federal write-in absentee ballot.
3511.   Receipt of voted ballot.
3512.   Confirmation of receipt of application and voted ballot.
3513.   (Reserved).
3514.   Election notices.
3515.   Prohibition of nonsubstantive requirements.
3516.   Equitable relief.
3517.   Uniformity of application and construction.
3518.   Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National
        Commerce Act.
3519.   Construction.
   Enactment. Chapter 35 was added October 24, 2012, P.L.1490,
No.189, effective in 60 days.
   Applicability. Section 2(1) of Act 189 of 2012 provided
that, except as provided in par. (2), Act 189 shall apply to
elections which occur after January 1, 2013.